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Utility regulators voted on a program designed to boost community solar. Solar and consumer advocates say the plan is flawed.

Read more about the first satellites to building the first space stations that has expanded our knowledge of the universe.

In this Q&A, MIT professor Kate Brown discusses her latest research, and how she believes her current project exploring the history of tiny gardens could help put power into the hands of ordinary people.

Why do pets get allergies and when is their allergy season? Learn what pet allergy symptoms are and how to prevent them.

MIT Associate Professor William Deringer studies how quantitative reasoning has become part of public life.

A California climate policy focused on transportation has spurred concerns from environmental justice groups about inequities. Advocates now say proposed policy changes could increase gas prices, and adversely impact low-income households.

Extractive industries threaten water, glaciers, and livelihoods, but new research offers hope.

What role can scientists play in public decisions about the development and deployment of weapons systems? As the United States continues to commit its troops and technology around the world, this question is worrisome to the public and to concerned scientists alike.

“The newest bottleneck has been social acceptance.”

The first carbon storage facility will only produce a handful of permanent positions.